Development around St Georg
- 9th century
Early burial ground
The cemetery probably originated in the 9th century as a churchyard around St Georg.
- 1892
Bogenhausen becomes part of Munich
After Bogenhausen was incorporated, its former village cemetery stood within the expanding City of Munich.
- 1902
Municipal responsibility
The former village cemetery passed into municipal responsibility, while church and municipal sections continued side by side.
- 1952
Redesign of the grounds
The cemetery was redesigned while retaining its compact character around the church.
- 1959
Changes to the municipal section
Burial field 3 and further wall graves were reorganised within the municipal part of the cemetery.
Church and municipal sections
The older southern section and wall graves belong to the Heilig Blut parish foundation. Most of the northern section, including wall graves and urn niches, is administered by the city. This division still matters in practice: the responsible section and rules need to be identified for any particular grave.
The municipal plan divides the grounds into three burial fields. At about 0.2 hectares with roughly 240 plots, the cemetery remains very small; church, walls and burial rows are all close together.
Character of the grounds
An ivy-covered wall encloses the cemetery. Modest graves, painted wrought-iron crosses and smaller headstones shape its appearance. St Georg forms the spatial focus, giving the place the atmosphere of a historic churchyard rather than a metropolitan cemetery.
This density also helps explain its role as the resting place of well-known Munich figures. Notable graves presents five documented examples with real grave photographs. The cemetery tour locates the church, Soldner memorial slab and urn walls within the grounds.